Arbroath are welcoming Alloa Athletic for another important game after their 0-1 result against 6th-placed Dundee.
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (2) in Championship
- Alloa Athletic has the most conceded goals (15) in Championship
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Arbroath's stadium, Gayfield Park, has a grass surface. Alloa Athletic have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Alloa Athletic when playing on grass; 5 wins, 11 draws and 18 losses from 34 matches. They have scored 44 goals in these games and conceded 64.
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath have played three Championship home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Arbroath have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Stress levels are on the rise for Arbroath's attacking players as they have now played 222 minutes without scoring in a league game. B. Linn was their last goal scorer.
In their previous game, the manager D. Campbell led his Arbroath to a defeat in the Championship match away at Dundee. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Gayfield Park. Preceding that match was a League Cup defeat to Dunfermline Athletic (1-3).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Arbroath have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost three.
Arbroath have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. Arbroath have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
No Championship points yet away for Alloa Athletic, from their first 3 matches. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Alloa's last three away games as they have all been lost. Three has not been a lucky number for Alloa as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Dundee match.
A. Trouten was the last player to score for the away team. Alloa haven't scored a league goal in the last 297 minutes.
The manager P. Grant was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Indodrill Stadium. Alloa suffered a 0-2 loss to Ayr United (placed 4th). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Hearts (after extra-time).
Alloa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of ten matches.
A new game in only three days for Alloa, the League Cup home match versus Hibernian. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Alloa's away league games. Only 0 goals from 3 travels. For Alloa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Arbroath two wins, three draws and Alloa Athletic five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Cawley 2 goals |  B. Linn 1 goals | R. Thomson 1 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Alloa Athletic missing players
| Arbroath | Alloa Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.7 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4 | 6.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.5 |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 27% |
- Alloa Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Championship
- Alloa Athletic has the most conceded goals (15) in Championship
- Alloa Athletic has the most conceded goals in the second half (8) in Championship
- Alloa Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-11) in Championship
- Alloa Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Alloa Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Alloa Athletic have failed to score a single goal away.
- Alloa Athletic have lost all their away matches so far.
- Alloa Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Alloa Athletic is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Championship
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (2) in Championship
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Championship
- Arbroath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Arbroath have yet to win a game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Dundee | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -11 | 1 |